Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) in practice: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Project overview

Title	Training and outreach trial	Monitoring and outreach trial	Observational study
Aim	To assess the effectiveness of staff training and outreach support	To assess the implementation in practice of CST and outreach support	To assess the effectiveness of CST in practice
Participants	Dementia care staff	Dementia care staff	People with dementia
	No previous CST experience or training	Previously received CST manual/training
Number	120	120	100
Resources	CST manual maintenance CST manual DVD	CST manual maintenance CST manual DVD	CST manual maintenance CST manual DVD
Training	Yes	Variable	Variable
Outreach	50%	50%	No
Assessment timeframe	Baseline, 6 and 12 months	Baseline, 6 and 12 months	Before and after CST (0, 7 or 0, 14 weeks) and maintenance CST (31 or 38 weeks)

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